Direct Marketing Solutions Acquires Mailing Services of Pittsburgh's Freedom, PA Plant Assets

Graphic Village Acquires Dayton-Based DMS ink (formerly Dayton Mailing Services)

May 15, 2020

Marketing & Advertising

Graphic Village has acquired DMS ink (formerly Dayton Mailing Services), a Yellow Springs-based provider of personalized digital-mailing, marketing automation, and fulfillment services. The DMS ink team and operations will continue at the Yellow Springs facility under the Graphic Village name; former owner Christine Soward will remain as VP of Business Development for mailing services.

Main Street Capital Makes Follow-On Investments in Direct Marketing Solutions and Heritage Vet Partners

January 6, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Main Street Capital Corporation completed $15.8 million of follow-on investments across two existing portfolio companies: $9.5 million in Direct Marketing Solutions, Inc. to support DMS’s acquisition of a Freedom, Pennsylvania direct-mail production plant from Mailing Services of Pittsburgh, Inc., and $6.3 million in Nebraska Vet AcquireCo, LLC (dba Heritage Vet Partners) to support Heritage’s acquisitions of Ironsides Animal Health PLLC and St. Anna Veterinary Clinic, S.C. The investments were structured as additional first‑lien, senior secured term loans and build on Main Street’s prior financings in DMS (2018) and Heritage (December 2020).

Direct Marketing Solutions Acquires Johnson & Quin

February 14, 2026

Marketing & Advertising

Direct Marketing Solutions (DMS) has acquired Johnson & Quin, a 150-year-old, family-owned direct mail production and marketing firm, combining complementary capabilities to form a larger national direct-marketing platform. The deal expands DMS's production capacity and Midwest footprint, preserves leadership continuity (Andrew Henkel becomes President of DMS; David Henkel joins the DMS board) and aims to deepen end-to-end, data-driven omnichannel direct marketing services.

DirectMail2.0 Acquires Who's Mailing What!

May 1, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

DirectMail2.0 has acquired Who's Mailing What!, a 40-year-old direct mail performance and insights tracking platform, to create the largest AI-powered direct mail database in the United States and accelerate its DM20.ai initiative. Both companies will continue to operate from Clearwater, Florida, with leadership changes at WMW to integrate the teams and scale the combined data and AI capabilities.

Digital Media Solutions Acquires Traverse Data, Inc.

May 10, 2022

Marketing & Advertising

Digital Media Solutions, Inc. (DMS) has acquired Traverse Data, Inc., a data-driven audience activation and re-engagement platform. The acquisition is intended to scale DMS's first-party data asset and accelerate its technology roadmap; no financial terms were disclosed.

Ironmark Acquires American Marketing & Mailing Services (AMMS)

July 29, 2025

Marketing & Advertising

Ironmark has acquired Tampa-based American Marketing & Mailing Services (AMMS), adding AMMS’s DOC omni-channel platform and high-volume direct-mail capabilities to Ironmark’s integrated marketing offering. The deal is an add-on to Ironmark (a Post Capital Partners portfolio company); AMMS founder Chuck Fest joins Ironmark as Vice President of Strategic Development to lead the platform’s evolution.